Benni McCarthy Wants AmaZulu To Go Far in CAF Champions League!

Benni McCarthy Wants AmaZulu To Go Far in CAF Champions League! Usuthu grabbed their first win of their African adventure.

AmaZulu defeated Horoya AC in the CAF Champions League on Friday night. The head coach wants this to be the beginning of great things for the club in the tournament.

Usuthu grabbed their first ever win in continental football. Luvuyo Memela scored the solitary goal in the victory, after superb work by Augustine Mulenga.

They lost their first group match and desperately needed a boost if they are to make it out of the group.

At the beginning of the season, McCarthy boldly exclaimed that his side could win the competition.

“I want to congratulate my players on a splendid performance,” the coach said after the win.

“Horoya brought the fight to us because they’re seasoned campaigners and have an intimidation factor.

“But once we got our foot on the ball, we remained calm, moved the ball across the pitch and got Augustine Mulenga and Luvuyo Memela into pockets of spaces that hurt them, while making them chase.

“I think if you’re a football lover and you don’t like what AmaZulu did today then I don’t know, maybe you should watch the Winter Olympics or something.

“My team was very good, organised, didn’t give much away today and it’s a pity we didn’t score more than the one goal.

“I think there were opportunities especially when you get such a performance from Mulenga, you would like for him to cap it off with a goal.

“Overall, it was well deserved, and I think we finally staked our claim to not just being novices in this competition or here to fill up the numbers,” McCarthy added.

“Our intentions are, and yes we know it will be extremely difficult, and most won’t give us a chance. But I think we have as good of a chance as anybody to get out of the group stages.

“While surprising many because there’s loads of room for growth in this team.”

Usuthu will play TS Galaxy in the DSTV Premiership tomorrow. Benni McCarthy Wants AmaZulu To Go Far in CAF Champions League!